FORMS OF TOURISM THAT IMPROVE ATTRACTIVE COMPONENTS OF THE DESTINATION

Ina CAVCALIUC, Sergiu CAVCALIUC Universitatea de Stat din Moldova

Abstract

The attractiveness of a destination depends on the existing tourism resources and how they are perceived by tourists. Tourism supply components have not the same importance in the hierarchy established by consumer in order to satisfy its travel motivations, because there is the possibility of complete, substitute or offset each other, to modify the importance of each in the share of tourism consumption. Attractive components of the territory stimulate interest of potential tourists to visit them, satisfying different travel motivations. Keywords: tourism product, ecotourism, garden tourism, speleological tourism, sustainable development, tourist motivation, destination attractivity, natural resources, event tourism.